Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:48:36 +0100 | | From | "Hans J. Koch" <> | | Subject | Re: What's needed for a PCIe card to be recognized? |
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Am Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:29:27 -0800 schrieb Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:37:53 +0100 > "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@linutronix.de> wrote: > > > Of course there's no driver for the wlan, but that's a different > > > story ;) > > > > I replaced that unsupported Atheros 5007 card with an ipw3945, so I > > haven't got that problem. > > oh but then you have a MUCH bigger problem ;( > The bios of that animal is hardcoded to the 5007 (or at least > Atheros). If you stick your own card in, for FCC reasons, the bios > refuses the card. (this is not unique to Asus; all notebooks do this > for cards they're not certified with. This apparently has to do with > the antenna being part of the laptop, and thus part of the radio in > FCC speak)
Someone claims he's done it:
http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/Eee_PC_Internal_Upgrades#Wifi
Hans
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